Principal Practitioner Psychologist/Principal Psychological Therapist

The Complex Trauma (and Dissociative Disorders) Service is a small specialist team offering support to service users who have experienced complex trauma and present with severe traumatic reactions including dissociative disorders.

The service offers consultation, training and advice to staff and teams across the whole Trust; including specialist services and acute.

You will work in a small team with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and another Principal Psychological Practitioner / Psychological Therapist to support others in their work with complex service users across Sussex.

You will hold a small clinical caseload of people who have experienced severe trauma including those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

The team is Trust wide and so there will be a need to travel across sites to meet with service users. This role is anticipated to require face‑to‑face appointments into bases in East Sussex, including Eastbourne, Uckfield or Hastings, to be further confirmed. The role will also provide additional face‑to‑face input into other parts of the Trust, depending on where referrals come from. The team official base is in Horsham at New Park House; however, depending on the applicant there may be some flexibility regarding bases or work from home for admin.

Our service users experience severe and enduring mental health difficulties as a result of severe traumatic experiences.

Responsibilities

• Offer advice and consultation to staff and teams across Sussex Partnership Trust.
• Provide clinical care and support to service users with complex trauma and DID, empowering them to recover and pursue goals.
• Supervise and train staff in serious trauma reactions and dissociative disorders, including the development of bespoke training packages.
• Provide clinical leadership in developing pathways and systems across the Trust.
• Maintain clinical boundaries, employ a relational approach and evidence‑based techniques.
• Travel across Sussex sites as required to deliver face‑to‑face appointments.

Qualifications and Experience

• Knowledge of and interest in developing knowledge of dissociative disorders and DID, including assessment and treatment approaches.
• EMDR Consultant Status or working towards this would be an advantage.
• Training in other specialist trauma therapies and experience with a range of complex trauma populations and comorbidity with challenging presentations.
• Experience of supervising others.
• Experience of clinical leadership across developing pathways and systems.

Staff wellbeing is of central importance in the trust and in the team, with an emphasis on encouraging and supporting staff to develop within psychologically safe environments.

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